Back الحرب التركية الفرنسية Arabic تورک قورتولوش ساواشی گونی جبههسی AZB Cilícia francesa Catalan Französische Besetzung Kilikiens German Guerra franco-turca Spanish جنگ فرانسه-ترکیه Persian Campagne de Cilicie French מלחמת טורקיה–צרפת HE Ֆրանս-թուրքական պատերազմ Armenian Perang Prancis-Turki ID
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| Franco-Turkish War | |||||||||
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| Part of the Turkish War of Independence | |||||||||
 Armenian volunteer soldiers in the French Army | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Henri Gouraud |
 Ali Fuat Pasha Ali Saip Bey "Kılıç" Ali Bey Şefik "Özdemir" Bey | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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~18,000 men (early phase)[6] Total: 25,000 men[7] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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5,000+ dead[8] | Unknown | ||||||||
| Both sides together: 15,000+ casualties[9] | |||||||||
The Franco–Turkish War, known as the Cilicia Campaign (French: La campagne de Cilicie) in France and as the Southern Front (Turkish: Güney Cephesi) of the Turkish War of Independence in Turkey, was a series of conflicts fought between France (the French Colonial Forces and the French Armenian Legion) and the Turkish National Forces (led by the Turkish provisional government after 4 September 1920) from December 1918 to October 1921 in the aftermath of World War I. French interest in the region stemmed from the Sykes-Picot Agreement and was further fueled by the refugee crisis following the Armenian genocide.
- ^ Millî Mücadele'de İlk Kurşun ve Dörtyol'un Düşman İşgalinden Kurtuluşu Archived 2018-03-15 at the Wayback Machine (Turkish)
- ^ Yücel Güçlü: The question of the Sanjak of Alexandretta: A study in Turkish-French-Syrian relations, Turkish Historical Society Printing House, 2001, ISBN 9751614031, page 36.
- ^ Yücel Güçlü, 2001, page 36.
- ^ Western Society for French History. Meeting: Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Western Society for French History, New Mexico State University Press, 1996, page 206.
- ^ Ahmet Hulki Saral, Türk İstiklal Harbi Güney Cephesi IV, Ankara, 1996, pg 47
- ^ Erik Jan Zürcher: Turkey: A Modern History, I.B.Tauris, 2004, ISBN 1850433992, page 149.
- ^ Military Training Publishing Corporation, 1921, National service (Volumes 9–10), page 287.
- ^ Guclu, Yucel: Armenians and the Allies in Clicia 1914-1923 (2010). University of Utah Press. June 2009. Page 144, quoting Henry Franklin-Bouillon: "In Cilicia, France was expending 5 million francs a year and had buried some 5,000 of its sons..."
- ^ Turgut Özakman: Vahidettin, M. Kemal ve milli mücadele: yalanlar, yanlışlar, yutturmacalar, Bilgi Yayınevi, 1997, ISBN 9754946698, page 444.
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